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Lola Day Papers, 1960-1978
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Day, Lola
- Title
- Lola Day Papers
- Dates
- 1960-1978 (inclusive)19601978
- Quantity
- 4.97 cubic ft. (6 boxes and 1 tube)
- Collection Number
- 2746 (Accession No. 2746-001)
- Summary
- Papers of a volunteer civil rights activist from Bellevue, Wash.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
As a volunteer civil rights activist in Bellevue, Wash., Lola S. Day and husband Kenneth W. Day worked for open housing, particularly in the area east of Lake Washington. They were involved in numerous civil rights and anti-war efforts and taught courses in black history and race relations in schools and organizations. In 1967 Day received a Community Brotherhood award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Washington Region. She was president of the Eastside Conference on Religion and Race, and Kenneth Day was Executive Secretary of the Eastside Human Relations Council.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, ephemera, minutes, notes, newsletters, curriculum files, course materials, clippings, speeches and writings, and subject files relating to the activities of Lola and Kenneth Day in the civil rights movement and against housing discrimination in Bellevue, Wash. Includes evidence of their participation in organizations such as Christians and Friends for Racial Equality, Coalition Against Discrimination, Eastside Conference on Religion and Race, and the Eastside Human Relations Council.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Some restrictions exist on duplication, quotation, or publication. Contact the repository for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal PapersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Biographical Features |
1964, n.d. |
1/2 | General Correspondence |
1965-1978, n.d. |
Minutes |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/3 | Madrona Community Council |
1970 |
Box/Folder | ||
1/4 | Reports |
1969, n.d. |
Speeches and Writings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/5 | Lola's Civil Rights Talk - Negro in the
Suburb |
1965-1966, n.d. |
Speeches and Writings of Others |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/6 | One Man Subway Riot - Erickson, Reverend Doctor
Walfred |
1964 |
1/7 | Miscellaneous |
1962, n.d. |
Speech Notes |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/8 | C.H. Talk, Church and Negro Talk (Lola) |
1966 |
1/9-10 | Miscellaneous |
1965-1966, n.d. |
Conferences and Conventions |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/11 | Bellevue High School Conference - The Church and Urban
Society |
1967 |
Ephemera |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/12 | Equality - Peace Decals |
n.d. |
1/13 | Handouts |
1966-1969, n.d. |
1/14 | Miscellaneous |
1969, n.d. |
Newsletters |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/15 |
Eastside Forum
|
1964-1969 |
1/16 |
La Verite
|
1970 |
Box/Folder | ||
1/17 | Curriculum Files |
1968 |
Subject Series |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/18 | American Association of University Women, The Law and
the Citizen |
1965-1966, n.d. |
1/19 | American Friends Service Committee, Fellowship of
Reconciliation, Marshals Non-Violent Training |
1968-1972, n.d. |
1/20-22 | Another Mother for Peace, Seattle Women Act for
Peace |
1970-1976, n.d. |
1/23 | Asian Coalition for Equality |
1969-1973, n.d. |
1/24 | Association of Intergroup Relations Officials
(National) |
1967-1968 |
1/25 | Bellevue. Public Schools. Intercultural Transfer
Program |
1970 |
1/26 | Bellevue. Public Schools. Urban-Suburban Environmental
Education Program |
1971 |
1/27 | Bellevue Area Self-Improvement Council |
1968, n.d. |
1/28-29 | Birch, John - Extreme Right |
1965-1969, n.d. |
1/30 | Central Area Activities and Groups |
1967-1968, n.d. |
1/31 | Central Area Mothers for Peace and
Improvement |
1969, n.d. |
1/32 | Central Contractors Association |
1968-1969, n.d. |
1/33 | Chisholm (Shirley) for President |
1971-1973, n.d. |
2/1 | Church and Race - Clyde Hill Baptist
Church |
1964 |
2/2 | Council for the Advancement of Human
Welfare |
1968 |
2/3 | Defacto Segregation - Proposals for Change |
1964, n.d. |
2/4 | Discrimination - Racism |
1966-1970, n.d. |
2/5 | Far Right |
1965-1968, n.d. |
2/6-9 | Farm Workers |
1969-1977, n.d. |
2/10 | Fourteenth Amendment Organization |
n.d. |
2/11-12 | Grassroots Assembly for Women, Seattle Women Act for
Peace |
1966-1974, n.d. |
2/13 | Head Start |
1965, n.d. |
2/14 | Housing - Fair Housing Law |
1963-1969, n.d. |
2/15 | Housing - Minority Housing |
1969-1977, n.d. |
2/16 | Housing - Open Housing |
1963-1968, n.d. |
2/17-18 | Housing - Operation Equality |
1965-1969, n.d. |
2/19 | Jewry |
1962-1967, n.d. |
2/20 | Leschi - Montana Exchange, Maltby Camp |
1967-1969, n.d. |
2/21 | McAdoo (Benjamin F.) for School Board |
1969 |
2/22 | Miscellaneous Organizations, Campaigns,
Crusades |
1969-1970, n.d. |
2/23 | Miller, Reverend Thomas W. - Bible
Education |
1967-1971, n.d. |
2/24 | Monument Project: "These Honored Dead..." |
n.d. |
2/25 | Name Change Proposal King Street - King
County |
1968 |
2/26 | Nationwide Negro History Program
(Proposal) |
1968 |
2/27 | New and Small Groups |
1965-1971, n.d. |
2/28 | Opportunities Industrialization Center.
Seattle |
1963-1971, n.d. |
2/29 | Pay-n-Save Boycott |
1969-1970, n.d. |
2/30 | Pay-n-Save Employment Campaign "All White, Not
Right" |
1969 |
2/31 | Peace Action |
1971-1972 |
3/1 | Peace Movements - Teach-ins, Vietnam |
1962-1965, n.d. |
3/2 | Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice |
1974-1976, n.d. |
3/3 | Plant Sharing |
1966-1969, n.d. |
3/4-5 | Police |
1966-1969, n.d. |
3/6 | Poor Peoples' March |
1968 |
3/7 | Racial Integration in the Churches and in Housing
Packet |
1960-1962, n.d. |
3/8 | Safe Interaction |
1968-1970, n.d. |
3/9 | Sam Smith Seminar |
1968-1969, n.d. |
3/10 | Seattle. Human Rights Commission |
1969-1970, n.d. |
3/11-13 | Seattle Women Act for Peace |
1970-1976, n.d. |
3/14 | Selma to Montgomery |
1965 |
3/15 | Separation of Church and State |
1965, n.d. |
3/16 | South Snohomish County. Human Relations
Council |
1970, n.d. |
3/17 | Student Protest |
1968-1975, n.d. |
3/18 | Third Lake Washington Bridge, Thomson
Expressway |
1967-1969, n.d. |
3/19 | Urban League. Seattle. Negro Scholarship Fund
Committee |
1966-1969, n.d. |
3/20 | Veterans, GIs in Service |
1970-1972, n.d. |
3/21 |
The Voice of
Bellevue |
n.d. |
3/22 | War and Protest |
1969-1973, n.d. |
3/23 | War Resisters League/War Tax Resistance |
1971-1977, n.d. |
3/24 | Washington. Discrimination, State Board
Against |
1963-1969, n.d. |
3/25 | Welfare |
1971-1972, n.d. |
3/26 | "What Can I Do?" List - Volunteer |
1966-1968, n.d. |
3/27 | Women's Liberation, Equal Rights Amendment |
1970-1974, n.d. |
3/28 | Young Women's Christian Association |
1968, n.d. |
Clippings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/29 | Central Area Committee for Peace and
Improvement |
1968, n.d. |
3/30 | Continuous Progress Center |
1967, n.d. |
3/31 | Miscellaneous |
1969, n.d. |
Box/Folder | ||
3/32 | Publications |
1968 |
Christians and Friends for Racial EqualityReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
3/33 | General Correspondence |
1964-1967 |
3/34 | Minutes |
1965 |
3/35 | Notes |
1967, n.d. |
3/36 | Ephemera |
1965-1970, n.d. |
3/37 | Newsletters |
1965-1966 |
Subject Series |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/38 | Interracial Home Visits |
1964-1965, n.d. |
3/39 | Minority Adoption |
1967-1969, n.d. |
3/40 | New Years Callers |
1966-1970, n.d. |
3/41 | Voter Workshop |
1963-1965, n.d. |
Box/Folder | ||
3/42 | Clippings |
n.d. |
Coalition Against DiscriminationReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
3/43-45 | General Correspondence |
1970-1972, n.d. |
3/46 | Minutes |
1971-1972 |
3/47 | Agendas |
1972 |
3/48 | Court Papers |
1972 |
4/1 | Reports |
1968-1972, n.d. |
4/2 | Speeches and Writings |
1970-1971, n.d. |
4/3 | Lists |
|
4/4 | Notes |
n.d. |
4/5 | Financial Records |
1972 |
4/6 | Ephemera |
1970-1972, n.d. |
4/7 | Press Releases |
1970-1972 |
4/8 | Newsletters |
1972 |
4/9 | Newsletters - of Others |
1968-1972 |
4/10-13 | Subject Series - Discrimination / Clubs - Moose, Elks,
Eagles |
1970-1972, n.d. |
4/14 | Clippings |
1971-1972, n.d. |
Eastside Conference on Religion and RaceReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
4/15 | General Correspondence |
1964-1969, n.d. |
4/16-17 | Reports |
1968-1969, n.d. |
4/18 | Curriculum Materials |
n.d. |
Course Materials |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/19 | Adult Education - Negro History Course |
n.d. |
4/20 | Charles Smith's Outline, Laws - Negro in U.S.
History |
1967, n.d. |
4/21 | Outline for Adult Education Classes |
1965-1970, n.d. |
4/22-23 | Planning Religion and Race Education
Courses |
1968, n.d. |
4/24-25 | Teaching Negro in U.S. History |
1962-1968, n.d. |
4/26 | Working Papers on Continued Racial Problems - Proposed
Class |
1967-1968, n.d. |
4/27 | Miscellaneous |
n.d. |
Box/Folder | ||
4/28 | Ephemera |
1964-1969, n.d. |
4/29 | Speeches and Writings |
n.d. |
4/30 | Lists |
|
4/31 | Miscellany |
n.d. |
Subject Series |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/32-35 | Activities and Achievements |
1963-1969, n.d. |
4/36-37 | Bellevue. Public Schools |
1965-1972, n.d. |
4/38 | Bellevue. Public Schools. Suburbs - White Ghetto,
Intercultural Education |
1967-1969, n.d. |
4/39 | Bellevue Community College |
1968-1969, n.d. |
4/40 | Bellevue High School Human Relations
Conference |
1966 |
4/41 | Blacks at Bellevue Community College |
1967, n.d. |
4/42 | Brotherhood Award (Lola) |
1967 |
4/43 | Brotherhood Dinner |
1966 |
4/44 | Police Scholarships |
1967 |
box:oversize | ||
7 | Posters |
n.d. |
Box/Folder | ||
4/45 | Speakers |
1964-1967, n.d. |
4/46 |
Voice of Americus, South
Reports |
1964-1965, n.d. |
5/1-2 | Workshops |
1963-1969, n.d. |
Clippings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/3 | Community Colleges-Bellevue Community College, Seattle
Central Community College |
1967-1971 |
5/4 | Miscellaneous |
1969, n.d. |
Box/Folder | ||
5/5 | Bellevue. Public Schools. Textbooks and Other
Instructional Materials Concerning Minority Groups and Problems
Subcommittee |
1967, n.d. |
5/6-7 | E.C.R.R. Education Committee |
1965-1969, n.d. |
E.C.R.R. Steering Committee |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/8-9 | Minutes |
1964-1968, n.d. |
5/10 | Member List |
1965 |
5/11 | Notes for Next Meeting |
n.d. |
Eastside Human Relations CouncilReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
5/12 | General Correspondence |
1969-1970 |
5/13 | Outgoing Letters - Letters to the Editor |
1969 |
5/14 | Minutes |
1963-1970 |
5/15 | Reports |
1968-1969 |
6/1 | Lists |
|
Newsletters |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/2 |
Bridges
|
1969-1971 |
6/3 | Newsletters - Of Others |
1969-1970, n.d. |
Manuals |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/4 | How To Do a Film Series |
n.d. |
How To Start a Small Newspaper |
n.d. | |
Box/Folder | ||
6/5 | Ephemera |
n.d. |
6/6 | Notes |
1969, n.d. |
6/7 | Speeches and Writings |
1969 |
Subject Series |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/8 | Book Discussion |
1969, n.d. |
6/9 | Charter - Profile Information |
1968-1970, n.d. |
6/10 | Colleges and Universities |
1972, n.d. |
6/11 | Employment |
1969-1970 |
6/12 | Employment - Minority Employment |
1970, n.d. |
6/13 | Neighborhood Human Relations Councils |
1969 |
6/14 | Scrapbook Materials |
1969-1970 |
6/15 | Teacher Education |
1966-1969, n.d. |
Clippings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/16 | Employment |
1967-1972 |
6/17 | Miscellaneous |
1969, n.d. |
6/18 | Bellevue. Public Schools. Intercultural Contacts
Committee, Citizens Committee on Intercultural Education |
1969-1970 |
6/19 | Metropolitan Neighborhood Human Relations Councils
|
1969-1970, n.d. |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (State)
- African Americans--Housing--Washington (State)
- African Americans--Washington (State)
- Civil rights workers--Washington (State)--Archives
- Civil rights--Societies, etc
- Civil rights--Washington (State)
- Discrimination in housing--Washington (State)
- Discrimination--Washington (State)
- Housing--Washington (State)
- Women civil rights workers--Washington (State)--Archives
Personal Names
- Day, Kenneth W
- Day, Lola--Archives
Corporate Names
- Christian Friends for Racial Equality
- Christians and Friends for Racial Equality
- Coalition Against Discrimination (Bellevue, Wash.)
- Eastside Conference on Religion and Race (Bellevue, Wash.)
- Eastside Human Relations Council (Bellevue, Wash.)
Geographical Names
- Bellevue (Wash.)
- Seattle (Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Clippings
- Newsletters
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)